NFL Week 1 Was CHAOS: George Kurtz & Jo Madden Reveal What Bettors Got Wrong

About this episode

NFL Week 1 delivered chaos—and the biggest lesson wasn't simply that favorites lost. It was that the price mattered. On this episode of Madden On The Line, host Jo Madden, Vice President of Sports Gaming Media at CrossCheck Media Inc., welcomes George Kurtz of SportsGrid to separate legitimate Week 1 warning signs from the overreactions that could cost bettors money in Week 2. Arizona, the Giants and Jets delivered outright wins as underdogs, while Detroit, Philadelphia and Seattle won their games but failed to cover their respective spreads. As Madden explains, bettors could correctly predict which team would win and still make the wrong bet. Kurtz joins the show to examine what went wrong…